Licensing Act 1964

62 Permitted hours in clubs

(1) The permitted hours in premises in respect of which a club is registered shall be fixed by or under the rules of the club in accordance with the following conditions:—

(a) subject to subsection (2) of this section, the hours fixed shall not on any day be longer, nor begin earlier or end later, than the general licensing hours; and

(b) there shall be a break in the afternoon of not less than two hours; and

(c) on Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday the break shall include the hours from three to five and there shall not be more than three and a half hours after five.

(2) Where by an order under subsection (3) or (4) of section 60 of this Act the general licensing hours are so altered that the permitted hours previously fixed for any premises under subsection (1) of this section begin before or end after the general licensing hours, the alteration shall not affect those permitted hours until the end of six weeks from the date of the order, but thereafter those hours shall be treated as not including any period falling before the beginning or after the end of the general licensing hours as altered.

(3) Written notice (signed by the chairman or secretary of the club) of the hours fixed as the permitted hours for any club premises by or under the rules of the club shall be given to the clerk to the justices for the petty sessions area in which the premises are; and no decision fixing those hours shall be effective until notice is so given, but the hours previously fixed and notified, if any, shall continue to apply.